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Description: The Alberta health authority and the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees have agreed to binding arbitration after a one-day illegal walkout by hospital support staff.

Source: The Edmonton Journal

Date: 02/17/2012

Link: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Hospital+support+workers+return+work+Thursday+evening+Calgary+after/6167433/story.html

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Questions for discussion:

  • Why was this strike illegal?
  • What are the issues in this negotiation?
  • What is a wildcat strike?
  • How did this strike begin?
  • What is binding arbitration?
  • How does it differ from the third-party intervention that has already occurred in these negotiations?

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